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By Micah Halpern
Friday November 13, 2015 I've Been Thinking: The use of large knives being used by terrorists to attack Israelis is not accidental. For these terrorists, the knife is a weapon of convenience. Saif is the word used in Arabic for large knife or small sword. Saif can be found in all aspects of Arabic and Islamic life. And, here's where it gets interesting, the saif is filled with symbolic value. Throughout history every man carried his own saif, it was an issue of power and defense. But Islam uses the word saif in a way which resonates with domination. For example: Saif al Islam means the sword of the submission to Islam. And then, there is the most famous of all saif - Saif ul Ali. The long knives now used by Palestinians to attack Israelis cannot be seen simply as a weapon of convenience. These modern day saif need to be seen as a symbol that returns power to Islam and defends and ensures and protects Islam from any threat. In the world of Islam, a knife by any other name is not, simply, a knife. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=halpern%2C+micah To reprint my essays contact sales (at) www.featurewell.com 4 June 2017 12:12 PM in Thoughts
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